DOI Heft:
No. 190 (December, 1912)
DOI Artikel:Noble, Alden: The Stevens series of college etchings
DOI Seite / Zitierlink:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.43451#0408
The Stevens Series of College Etchings
Original etching by Thomas W. Stevens
Copyright, ign, Brown-Robertson Company
THE LIBRARY, WITH STATUE UNIVERSITY OF
OF JEFFERSON VIRGINIA
Virginia at Charlottesville. This library building,
which is historically significant from having been
built under the direction of Thomas Jefferson,
is a half-size model of the Pantheon at Rome.
Blair Arch confronts the traveler to Princeton
as soon as he leaves the train and turns toward
Original etching by Thomas W. Stevens
Copyright, ign, Brown-Robertson Company
HARPER MEMORIAL AND
LAW BUILDING
UNIVERSITY OF
CHICAGO
the University. No more imposing aspect could
possibly have been chosen, and of it has been
made a plate which for richness of color and of
handling is not surpassed by any in the set. The
massive architecture of the twin towers, the
solid, clean dignity of the masonry face of the
wall, contrast magnificently with the rich and
heavy shadow under the arch itself; altogether, an
impressive arrangement handled in precisely the
proper manner.
Whether it be that the idea adds an extra
touch of romance to the two colleges for women,
Original etching by Thomas W. Stevens
Copyright, ign, Brown-Robertson Company
THE YARD, SHOWING JOHNSTON GATE BETWEEN
HARVARD AND MASSACHUSETTS HALLS
Wellesley and Bryn Mawr, which plates are here
shown, or whether these college grounds owe their
attractiveness to the spaciousness of these
demesnes and the decorative character of the
buildings, matters little.
At Bryn Mawr, the library cloister arch; showing,
across a sunny interspace, the turret and low
arches of the main building itself. In the center
of the open yard a fountain splashes. Here there
is no effort, no straining for poetic touch, yet the
whole conveys somehow a sense of old-world
quietness and peace, with an air that blows
straight from the cloister whence these arches
sprang.
Technically, this plate is among the most ad-
mirable; the light and shade, the mellow pave-
ment, the sunny midspace, and the dark but
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Original etching by Thomas W. Stevens
Copyright, ign, Brown-Robertson Company
THE LIBRARY, WITH STATUE UNIVERSITY OF
OF JEFFERSON VIRGINIA
Virginia at Charlottesville. This library building,
which is historically significant from having been
built under the direction of Thomas Jefferson,
is a half-size model of the Pantheon at Rome.
Blair Arch confronts the traveler to Princeton
as soon as he leaves the train and turns toward
Original etching by Thomas W. Stevens
Copyright, ign, Brown-Robertson Company
HARPER MEMORIAL AND
LAW BUILDING
UNIVERSITY OF
CHICAGO
the University. No more imposing aspect could
possibly have been chosen, and of it has been
made a plate which for richness of color and of
handling is not surpassed by any in the set. The
massive architecture of the twin towers, the
solid, clean dignity of the masonry face of the
wall, contrast magnificently with the rich and
heavy shadow under the arch itself; altogether, an
impressive arrangement handled in precisely the
proper manner.
Whether it be that the idea adds an extra
touch of romance to the two colleges for women,
Original etching by Thomas W. Stevens
Copyright, ign, Brown-Robertson Company
THE YARD, SHOWING JOHNSTON GATE BETWEEN
HARVARD AND MASSACHUSETTS HALLS
Wellesley and Bryn Mawr, which plates are here
shown, or whether these college grounds owe their
attractiveness to the spaciousness of these
demesnes and the decorative character of the
buildings, matters little.
At Bryn Mawr, the library cloister arch; showing,
across a sunny interspace, the turret and low
arches of the main building itself. In the center
of the open yard a fountain splashes. Here there
is no effort, no straining for poetic touch, yet the
whole conveys somehow a sense of old-world
quietness and peace, with an air that blows
straight from the cloister whence these arches
sprang.
Technically, this plate is among the most ad-
mirable; the light and shade, the mellow pave-
ment, the sunny midspace, and the dark but
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